Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet due to global warming has long-term, irreversible societal impacts with important implications for people around the world. Spatial patterns of sea level change from ...

Rising sea levels reshape coastal areas faster than expected. Natural defenses fall behind and old seafloor maps hid important problems.

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ...

Beneath the great, white expanse of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, a mysterious realm of streams and lakes lies out of sight. Much about this hidden water world remains poorly understood. But a new study ...

The world’s ice sheets are on course for runaway melting, leading to multiple feet of sea level rise and “catastrophic” migration away from coastlines, even if the world pulls off the miraculous and ...

A new study has found that powerful atmospheric rivers—narrow bands of concentrated moisture that deliver heavy rain and strong winds—could significantly contribute to sea level rise along the West ...

The forecasted rise of sea levels throughout New Jersey keeps putting residents in difficult positions. There’s another factor that merits much consideration, according to researchers at Drexel ...